This is the story of a young Royal Artillery officer Lieutenant Ronald Williams who was held as a prisoner of war in the Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies from 1942-45. It is a true account of the alternate horror & banality of daily life & the humour that helped the men survive the beatings deprivation & death of comrades. Told through the diary & papers of Williams & others Jungle Journal

Includes:: many cartoons & poems produced by the prisoners as well as extracts from the original Jungle Journal a newspaper created by the men under the noses of their guards. Ronald Williams was the 'editor' of this potentially fatal 'publication'. Jungle Journal describes the survival of hope even in desperate straits & is a testament to those men whose courage & fortitude were tested to the limit under the tropical sun.

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So tell me Mitch
- are you in? Thrown out of the SAS Mitch thought his days as a Special Forces soldier were well & truly over.
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Here come the animals one by one. Theyre all getting ready for the Jungle Run. Cub turns up to take her place but the others say Youre to small to race.. . Cub may be little compared to the other animals but shes quick & clever & she knows just how to show the rest of the jungle what a winner she is. ...

Its Janis first day at school & shes nervous. Will the other monkeys be friendly? Will they all stare at her? Jani is in a wheelchair & this makes her different. But thanks to her sense of cheekiness she makes friends & has a very nice first day at school indeed. This book stars a monkey with a sense of fun. ...

Arctic explorer survival expert & naturalist Freddy Spencer Chapman was trapped behind enemy lines when the Japanese overran Malaya in 1942. His response was to begin a commando campaign of such lethal effectiveness that the Japanese deployed an entire regiment to hunt him down believing that a 200-strong guerrilla army was responsible for the wholesale destruction of their convoys. He was wounded & racked by tropical disease. His companions were killed or captured & then beheaded. Cut off from friendly forces his only shelter the deep jungle Chapman held out for three years & five months. Jungle Soldier recounts the thrilling & unforgettable adventures of the North country orphan who survived against all odds to become a legend of guerrilla warfare. ...

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